Dec 21st, 2010
The Three Skills Every Child Needs For Good Behavior
Three of the most important skills for children to learn as a foundation for good behavior are: how to read social situations, how to manage emotions, and how to solve problems appropriately. If your child can learn to master these three tasks with your help, he will be well on his way to functioning successfully as an adult.
Nov 20th, 2010
Conscious Parenting: How to Fully Accept Your Child and Yourself
In our society, children are taught that love is shown to them when they do certain acts, and it is not shown to them if they mess up. But when children feel their parents see them as beautiful rather than ‘bad’ or ‘negative’, they naturally change because the child feels they are accepted unconditionally.
Sep 14th, 2010
Child Behavior Modification: Punished By Rewards
Do rewards improve performance? At first glance we may think so, but in his book, Punished by Rewards, Alfie Kohn reveals study after study that shows how children who received incentives never improved on their work, while the children not receiving incentives did.
Sep 1st, 2010
Texting: The New Way For Kids To Be Rude
Many kids will react negatively when you start to set limits on their texting or cell phone activities. So how do you curtail your child's texting habit and keep them from using texting as another way to be rude? James Lehman has some tips for frustrated parents.
Aug 23rd, 2010
Child Behavior: Are Your Kids Being Naughty?
Kids crave attention and if they don’t get it in a good way you can be sure that they will do something naughty to get it in a bad way. It is our responsibility as parents to figure out what is the cause of our child’s misbehavior.
Aug 17th, 2010
‘I Don’t Want To Go To School!’ And What You Can Do About It
If you’re a parent, it’s almost inevitable that you’re going to be faced with your child not wanting to go to school at some point. The most important thing is that you identify the problem correctly and find out whether not going to school is the symptom of a bigger problem or just your child's way of avoiding responsibility.
Aug 8th, 2010
Social Development Of Children: Your Role As A Parent
When your child gets into a sticky social situation, which parent can resist the urge to jump in and solve it for them? The instinct to protect our children is natural, but overprotecting them does more harm than good. Here's how to let your child learn from experience while providing them the safety they need.
Aug 6th, 2010
Child Behavior: Is Your Child Manipulating You?
Kids manipulate parents all the time using their charms and strengths to swing decisions in their favor. In reality, they are negotiating for power. Manipulative behavior springs from the need to manage, control and influence another for one’s own advantage. In children, it manifests itself in many forms, from a charming smile and whining, to serious threats.
Aug 4th, 2010
Adolescent Behavior Part II: 8 Ways To Manage Acting-Out Kids
In part two of this series on adolescent behavior problems, James discusses eight ways to challenge acting out behavior in kids today - from disrespect to breaking curfew to alcohol and substance abuse - in order to start changing your child's behavior tomorrow.
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